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TXSeries for Multiplatforms

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Specifying user option -u for cicsadmin utility

1. BoC customer expects to specify user on this command cicsadmin utility for user security consideration. For example, they expect only administration user can do MAXSERVER/MINSERVER tuning in runtime by cicsadmin utility in production env, while...
over 6 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 1 Not under consideration

Track transaction abend from COR to AOR

#How to track transaction abend from COR to AOR# Customer scenario: After one AOR's task is forced, ABEND is also generated in COR sometimes, but it is not possible to know which TASK of which AOR is.
over 6 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 1 Not under consideration

Userexit 7 for IPIC connections

Userexit 7 should be working also with IPIC connections to CICS zOS that we can send RACF user credentials for verification to CICS zOS through TXSeries from a application on our windows CICS clients. As an alternative IBM Communications server sh...
over 7 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

changing the console log files destination directory

EPO needs to write console log messages in a specific directory in a /log File System with enough space and not in the /var TXSeries region directory.
over 3 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Planned for future release

Abends not reported in the CICSSTAT_TRAN_TRANS_ABENDS statistics counter

The statistics CICSSTAT_TASK_NUM_TRANS_ABENDED counter reports the number of ABENDs produced in the TRANCLASS. The value of the CICSSTAT_TRAN_TRANS_ABENDS counter is always equal to zero.
almost 4 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration

CTG COMMUNICATIONs statistics

We have 2 CTGs connected to one TOR region.In the ISC statistics we have 2 lines for each CTG and all the counters are equal to zero.We notice that the only counter updated is for the AOR communication (PPRD).We would like to have the number of in...
almost 4 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 3 Not under consideration

Support missing DFHBMPFF and DFHBMPCR constants in TXseries DFHBMSCA include/copybook files

Support missing DFHBMPFF and DFHBMPCR constants in TXseries DFHBMSCA include/copybook files
almost 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Other 1 Not under consideration

Full IPIC implementation

Support DPL, function shipping, and transaction routing over TCP/IP between mainframe CICS and midrange TXSeries CICS.
almost 12 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 2 Future consideration

CICS product 64-bit exploitation

Provide full 64bit support for TXSeries on all platforms.
almost 12 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Future consideration

SDF II repeating blocks support

The cicsmap command does not support the SDF II repeating blocks feature, therefore we are unable to create symbolic maps resulting in the same data structures like on z/OS.
over 8 years ago in TXSeries for Multiplatforms / Runtime 1 Not under consideration